Latest Medtronic Podcast Episodes
Medtech VCs Klein, Nielsen Explain Why They Decided to Start Up Their Own Venture Firm, Vensana
Medtech Talk - September 04, 2019 16:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsJustin Klein and Kirk Nielsen entered venture capital separately 13 years ago, taking roles at two of the top firms in Medtech. Over that time, the two VCs have led investment in more than a dozen Medtech companies that have either gone public or been acquired. Now, the pair have joined forces t...
Stryker’s Kevin Lobo Explains Why He Calls Medtech Home, How the “Serial Acquirer” Will Keep Growing
Medtech Talk - June 17, 2019 19:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsGrowing up in Canada, Kevin Lobo only knew he wanted to be a senior executive at a global company someday. That overriding objective took him through the consumer good and chemical industries before the financial executive found his first job in Medtech. In this interview conducted at the Medtec...
We Hope to See You Next Week at the Medtech Conference
Medtech Talk - May 24, 2019 15:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThank you for your support of the MedtechTalk Podcast. We hope to see you at the Medtech Conference next week. We’ll be posting compelling interviews with Medtech’s leaders immediately after the conference.
GE Healthcare’s Agnes Berzsenyi Is Clearly Comfortable with Changing Women’s Healthcare
Medtech Talk - May 17, 2019 14:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn this week’s podcast, Agnes Berzsenyi, president and CEO of Women’s Health at GE Healthcare, explains how her upbringing in Hungary during a time of political upheaval put her in position to succeed in Medtech. The fall of the Berlin Wall – in addition to presenting a valuable life lesson - ga...
Gelfand and Levin Share Lessons from Ardian’s Rise and Fall…and Rise Again. Would They Do It Again?
Medtech Talk - May 06, 2019 20:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsHoward Levin and Mark Gelfand, the principals of Coridea, return to the podcast to detail the trials and tribulations of Ardian. Ardian is one of the bigger #medtech #startup stories over the past two decades. In 2011, Medtronic agreed to pay $800 million upfront for this company that pushed the...
Mark Gelfand, Howard Levin Discuss Coridea, Ardian and How They’re Innovating Medtech Innovation
Medtech Talk - April 29, 2019 17:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsOver the past decade, no other Medtech start-up has moved markets as much or as quickly as Ardian, the godfather of the renal denervation surge a decade ago. But the gold rush dried up in 2014 when Medtronic delivered disappointing clinical trial news that left many to declare “Renal Denervation...
Shyam Natarajan, CEO and Founder of Avenda Health, Explains How the Start-Up is Gaining Momentum
Medtech Talk - April 21, 2019 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn this episode of the MedtechTalk Podcast, we talk with Shyam Natarajan, PhD, founder and CEO of Avenda Health, a company using imaging, AI and focal lasers to create a better treatment for prostate cancer. The company’s original co-founders – Natarajin and Dr. Leonard Marks - started working...
Nuvaira’s Dennis Wahr Gives Presenting Tips, IDs his Role Models, Talks About Possibly Going Public
Medtech Talk - April 12, 2019 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsYou’ll have a hard time finding a more modest man than Dennis Wahr, president and CEO of Nuvaira. But when asked what company he sees as being poised to establish the Interventional Pulmonology industry Wahr says Nuvaira might be the one. Nuvaira’s Targeted Lung Denervation, or TLD, is a non-sur...
Go Go Go! Scott Huennekens Explains How Strong Bias to Action Defined Leadership at Volcano, Verb
Medtech Talk - April 05, 2019 04:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAnyone who has swapped emails with Scott Huennekens has seen the Go Go Go signature at the bottom. They’re three little words, but they say so much about the special brand of enthusiasm Huennekens brings to leading companies like Digirad, Volcano, and most recently, Verb, the partnership between...
KPV’s Amy Belt Raimundo Landed in VC Just Before the Bottom Fell Out. Hear How She Pivoted, Thrived
Medtech Talk - March 29, 2019 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsNo, Amy Belt Raimundo didn’t blow anything up. But she knew early on in college that her initial career choice of chemistry wasn’t her true path. Instead, she earned an economics degree, and used insights learned to begin a stint in consulting. Those formative years led her to business school an...
Invus Opportunities Partner Ben Tsai Seeks – and Finds – Success in Medtech Investments
Medtech Talk - March 22, 2019 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsBenjamin Tsai says his initial plans – or the plans he’d been given – called on him being a doctor. But he quickly saw a greater opportunity working in the life sciences industry. Tsai made a quick run through consulting firms and business school before finding a place at Invus, an investment fi...
PreCardia CEO Lisa Wipperman Heine Shares Details on Path to New Role at Stealthy HF Start-Up
Medtech Talk - March 08, 2019 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsLisa Wipperman Heine’s career in Medtech was launched when she answered a want ad in a newspaper – remember those? That path took her to top regulatory and clinical affairs positions at several high-profile Medtechs including Acorn Cardiovascular, ev3, and Covidien. Now, Wipperman Heine sits in...
Medtech Incubator NXT Biomedical Shows Stan Rowe Is Great at Innovation, Bad at “Retirement”
Medtech Talk - March 01, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAfter leading a long, distinguished and successful career in Medtech Innovation, Stan Rowe chose a familiar, if not unusual, spot to “retire” – he co-founded NXT Biomedical, an incubator backed by Deerfield Capital and Johnson & Johnson. Rowe previously led the unique Advanced Technologies Unit ...
GT Medical CEO Matt Likens Sets a New BHAG – Giving Longer Lives to People with Brain Tumors
Medtech Talk - February 21, 2019 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsMatt Likens’ two decades-plus at Baxter cultivated in him a desire to deliver “critical therapies for life-threatening conditions.” He found great success as CEO of Ulthera, an aesthetics company using ultrasound energy, but once that company was sold to Merz he sought a way back to developing d...
Merit Medical CEO Fred Lampropoulos Lays Out Aggressive Growth Strategy, Including Opportunistic M&A
Medtech Talk - February 14, 2019 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsSpoiler Alert: I missed a huge part of Merit Medical CEO Fred Lampropoulos’ life story when I did my research. I won’t say what it was, but you’ll hear it at the end. I’d fire my researcher if I had one, but instead I’ll just throw myself at the mercy of the Medtech Talk Podcast community. The g...
Santé Ventures’ James Eadie, MD, Reveals the Early-Stage Strategy That’s Producing Epic Returns
Medtech Talk - February 07, 2019 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsSanté Ventures partner James Eadie, MD, doesn’t recall the good old days of Medtech. He joined the Austin-based Venture Firm after two tours in Iraq with the Air Force where he led an ER and served as part of a “flying ICU,” airlifting wounded soldiers out of combat zones. Upon returning to the ...
SVB’s Jon Norris Reveals Medtech’s Most Prolific Investors, Hottest Areas, and Biggest Exits
Medtech Talk - January 25, 2019 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsEarlier this month, Silicon Valley Bank released its Trends in Healthcare Investments and Exits 2019, the latest of the bank’s annual reports on the state of healthcare investing. In this podcast we talk with Report Guru (and Managing Director) Jonathan Norris about the top takeaways including: ...
Miromatrix CEO Jeff Ross Shares the Bold Plan to Eliminate the Organ Transplant Waiting List
Medtech Talk - January 11, 2019 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsMiromatrix straddles the line between biotech and medtech. The start-up is developing a line of “ghost organs” that can be used in humans. The technology is moving fast, and Ross hopes to have clinical trials up and running by the end of 2020. The future is here. Also, I’ll announce a keynote sp...
Alydia CEO Anne Morrissey Talks Car Accidents, Career Guidance and How the Start-up Raised $10m
Medtech Talk - December 21, 2018 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsFortune disguised as misfortune led Anne Morrissey to embark on a Medtech career. Since that start, hard work, perseverance and some helpful mentors put her on the CEO track. Today, Morrissey leads an exciting Medtech start-up that’s testing a device to stop postpartum hemorrhaging.
Alydia CEO Anne Morrissey Talks Car Accidents, Career Guidance and How the Start-up Raised $10m
Medtech Talk - December 21, 2018 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsFortune disguised as misfortune led Anne Morrissey to embark on a Medtech career. Since that start, hard work, perseverance and some helpful mentors put her on the CEO track. Today, Morrissey leads an exciting Medtech start-up that’s testing a device to stop postpartum hemorrhaging.
AEGEA CEO Maria Sainz Talks Guidant and the Rewards and Challenges of Leading a Medtech Start-up
Medtech Talk - December 07, 2018 18:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsTwenty years ago, Maria Sainz faced an unusual fork in her career road. She chose wisely, building an esteemed career in Medtech that included senior leadership at Guidant and CEO posts at three Medtech start-ups. In this Medtech Talk Podcast, Sainz recounts the magic of Guidant, the merger with...
AdvaMed CEO Scott Whitaker Talks Mid-Terms, Device Tax and Innovative Programs for Smaller Companies
Medtech Talk - November 20, 2018 17:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsScott Whitaker, the CEO of AdvaMed, has worked in DC for close to two decades. So naturally, we asked him for his take on what the outcome of the midterm elections means for Medtech. Does it improve chances for the repeal of the Medical Device tax? We also talked about what AdvaMed is doing to ...
Renal Guard CEO Jim Dillon Discusses Spin Out of High Profile Reprieve Cardiovascular
Medtech Talk - October 15, 2018 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsJim Dillon, president and CEO of Renal Guard, talks about the company’s decision to create Reprieve Cardiovascular, a start-up focusing on heart failure. Reprieve raised $7 million from outside investors, including Abiomed, and counts Serial Entrepreneur Howard Levin as chief medical officer.
Endotronix CEO Harry Rowland Knows Medtech Start-Ups Live on the Edge. How Does He Keep Balanced?
Medtech Talk - September 24, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsEndotronix CEO Harry Rowland, PhD, co-founded the heart sensor company 11 years ago and assumed the CEO role in 2012. Over that span, the company has raised more than $100 million from VCs, found regulatory success in Europe, and now is moving toward seeking approval in the US. What lessons has t...
Follow ReCor Medical Founder Mano Iyer’s Unusual Path to Building, Selling a Successful Medtech
Medtech Talk - September 17, 2018 04:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsMano Iyer’s unorthodox path to Medtech leadership led him to Europe where he co-founded a company, joined top VC firm Sofinnova, and founded ReCor Medical to test the use of renal denervation to treat hypertension. A tumultuous decade later, the company is now part of a new player in Medtech – Ot...
ResMed CEO Mick Farrell Balances Career, Family, and Bringing Tech, Software, and Data into Medtech
Medtech Talk - September 08, 2018 04:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsMick Farrell’s father questioned his son’s double degree from MIT when he didn’t immediately see the opportunity facing the sleep apnea company. But the younger Farrell quickly came around and helped build ResMed into a $15 billion company, with the last five years at the helm as CEO. Today, howe...
Why Do the Principals of Cardeation Capital Think Joining Forces Makes Sense for Innovation?
Medtech Talk - August 22, 2018 04:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsIn this dual podcast, we talk with leaders from the American Heart Association, Philips, UPMC, and Aphelion Capital about Cardeation Capital, a new venture fund aimed at funding start-ups in the digital health and medtech fields. How did the four entities join forces? What can they offer start-up...
Medcrypt CEO Mike Kijewski Says Medtech Cybersecurity Is a Growing Concern for Hospitals, Patients
Medtech Talk - August 10, 2018 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsMedCrypt CEO Mike Kijewski is playing a long game. At the moment, he recognizes Medtech execs aren’t placing a high priority on cybersecurity of their devices. But as technology becomes more advanced – and hospitals grow more wary – he expects demand will grow. The time is coming for Medtech to t...
Aphelion Managing Partner Ned Scheetz Discusses Medtech Investor’s Unique Approach, Unusual Name
Medtech Talk - July 30, 2018 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsMedtech start-ups need more firms like Aphelion Capital, investors willing to wager as little as $200,000 to get a promising idea going. Managing Partner Ned Scheetz discusses the firm’s origins, name, and plans going forward. This is the first of a two-episode package highlighting a unique joint...
Relievant CEO Kevin Hykes Shares the Advice that Led Him to Set a Successful Course as CEO
Medtech Talk - July 13, 2018 04:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsUnder CEO Kevin Hykes, Relievant Medsystems is racking up some wins. The company closed on a $58 million Series E round last month and this week announced the first commercial application of its Intraspect pain-relief procedure. In this podcast, Hykes doles out some valuable career advice for wan...
Related Medtronic Topics